Thursday, September 10, 2009

For a toy made 35 years before vinyl toys became hip, this toy was as well-constructed as any I've encountered. The dog came apart with some gentle prying, and soon I had pieces of pooch before me. I set about cleaning each piece using a combination of Goo Gone and glass cleaner (we were out of rubber-dog polish). I felt a little like Geppetto.

On the one hand I feel sorry for her/him for having had his/her story dragged out there, but on the other hand s/he had to know that it would become an issue by competing in international sports and being subject to the rules set forth by its governing bodies. Can't wait to see what the ultimate dispensation is for this situation. We were all thinking that "she" would either be determined to be one or the other gender, and hence would have to compete in that category. Now...not so clear.

For an off day, Dodger-wise, there sure has been a lot of activity on SoSG: Assassins' Circle end game, scoreboard watching of the Red menace, Operation Snoopy Disassembly, Ethier making the Onion, hermaphroditic anagrams, what looks like the coolest puzzle day puzzle ever but which will for me have to wait until christmas holidays for me to tackle, Samoan transportation policy...this place has it all.